Czechs name first woman chief conductor
OrchestrasThe South Bohemian Phiharmonic has appointed Alena Hron to be its chief conductor from September.
Apparently, no professional Czech orchestra has thought of hiring a woman before.
Alena is a student at the Zurich concervatoire. She has also been a member of the 
Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship.
By all accounts Miss Hron is a highly talented and promising young conductor with great potential. Best of success for the new partnership!
Alena Hron finishes her studies (brilliantly) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). As her professor I am delighted and wish her well-deserved success!
Why would four people vote down a teacher wishing his pupil success?
Because people are full of hate and resentment. They should be ashamed of themselves!
We don’t have a crisis of conductors, we have a crisis of composers.
Outside of Adès, I can’t think of a current composer making much of a dent in the classical world.